{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-care-and-treatment-scotland-act-2003/section-276A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-care-and-treatment-scotland-act-2003/section-276A.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2003/13",
  "legislation_title": "Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-care-and-treatment-scotland-act-2003",
  "path": "section/276A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "276A",
  "heading": "Advance statements to be put with medical records",
  "text": "(1) Subsection (2) below applies where a Health Board receives a copy of an advance statement, or a copy of a document withdrawing an advance statement, from—\n(a) the person who made the statement, or\n(b) any individual acting with the person's authority in relation to the statement.\n(2) The Health Board must—\n(a) place a copy of the statement or document with the person's medical records, and\n(b) inform the Commission—\n(i) that a copy of the statement or document is held with the person's medical records, and\n(ii) of the premises at which the medical records are kept (and the personal and administrative details essential for identifying the records as the person's).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 276A-276C inserted (30.6.2017) by Mental Health (Scotland) Act 2015 (asp 9), ss. 26(2), 61(2); S.S.I. 2017/197, art. 2, sch."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2003/13/section/276A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:16:46.625109+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}